hey hey hey - brilliant karsten thanks. I think I am just getting soft in my dotage= less than 8 degrees with a northerly windchill and generally I`m finding I`m having more fun with a sewing machine than on the water! What have I become?!

Well this thread has been a bit quiet - maybe we can revive it with sharing the maiden flight of my Cornwall built Agilus strutless 10m. Congratulations Karsten - he flew beautifully straight off the sewing bench - solid canopy, rigid structure, good depower, tight turning. Foiling on a big board with a wind reading of 4/5 knots on the beach - obviously I am so delighted. The speed and quality of the construction has risen exponetially compared with the 7 I built previously, which is still my kite of choice in 8-13 knots. Its not unreasonable to say that these builds are easily comparable in performance compared to proprietary strutless kites i fly - then again i am biased!!

Be good to hear how you are getting on with the Wingworks project Karsten - many thanks for all your help

Here are a few pics and a less than thrilling vid - but it gives an idea

Well this thread has been a bit quiet - maybe we can revive it with sharing the maiden flight of my Cornwall built Agilus strutless 10m. Congratulations Karsten - he flew beautifully straight off the sewing bench - solid canopy, rigid structure, good depower, tight turning. Foiling on a big board with a wind reading of 4/5 knots on the beach - obviously I am so delighted. The speed and quality of the construction has risen exponetially compared with the 7 I built previously, which is still my kite of choice in 8-13 knots. Its not unreasonable to say that these builds are easily comparable in performance compared to proprietary strutless kites i fly - then again i am biased!!

Be good to hear how you are getting on with the Wingworks project Karsten - many thanks for all your help

Here are a few pics and a less than thrilling vid - but it gives an idea

Thanks nixmatters! No leech line, just a strip of 30mm Dacron - used on both my builds so far seems to work well. Are you on a build project?

Kitejumping - as well as the joy and satisfaction of a build there is the option of building in to your own preferences - I love strutless kites and BRM Clouds are very expensive and the proverbial hens teeth in Europe!

Thanks nixmatters! No leech line, just a strip of 30mm Dacron - used on both my builds so far seems to work well. Are you on a build project?

Kitejumping - as well as the joy and satisfaction of a build there is the option of building in to your own preferences - I love strutless kites and BRM Clouds are very expensive and the proverbial hens teeth in Europe!

Yep, to me the time spent on it vs cost of a kite now means I always just end up buying vs making, I have made a ton of kites in the past though, both LEIs and foils. Zero prestige and wingine.nl used to be good resources back in the day, also the foildesign Yahoo group.